Author: HUART, CLÉMENT
Title: ANCIENT PERSIA AND IRANIAN CIVILIZATION.
Description: London, Routledge & Kegan Paul / Book Club Associates, 1976. 1st edition. Hard bound with dustjacket, 24cmx16cm, Good copy. 'The History of Civilisation'. Original title: 'La Perse antique et lacivilisation iranienne' - Paris - 1925. Translated from the French by M. R. Dobie. First published in 1927 and out of print for many years. Foreword by Henri Berr. Contents: Introduction: 1). The physical configuration of Persia. 2). The scripts of Persia. I). The Medes and the Achaemenids. 1). The Iranians on the plateau of Media - Campaigns of the Assyrians. 2). The empire of the Medes. 3). The Persians - Cyrus. 4). The Achaemenids. 5). The organization of the Achaemenian empire. 6). The religions of Persia under the Achaemenids. 7). The arts under the Achaemenids. II). The Parthian Arsacids. 1). Persia under Hellenic influence. 2). The religion of Persia under the Arsacids. 3). The arts under the Arsacids. III). The Sassanids. 1). The Sassanian dynasty. 2). The organization of Persia under the Sassanids. 3). The religion of Persia in the time of the Sassanids. 4). The arts under the Sassanids. 5). The origins of the Iranian epic. With conclusion, chronological table, bibliography and index. With map of the Achaemenian Satrapies, 35 illustrations on the text and 4 plates. Clément Huart (Marie-Clément Imbault-Huart, dit), French orientalist (1854 - 1926). He is especially renowned as editor and translator of Arabic, Persian, and Turkish sources and for his prolific works covering this vast linguistic area, from Morocco to the Turko-Persian zone. He dealt with many aspects of Oriental studies, including art and literature, calligraphy, history of religions, linguistics (grammar, dialectology), philology, and political history. XIX + 249 pag.

Keywords: iran axhaemenids cyrys armenia assyria babylon chosroes darius herodotos persepolis sapor susa syria


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